John Clare Billing ARCO (1866–1955) was an organist, composer and writer based in England.
Life
He was born in 1866 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and claimed descent from the poet John Clare's family. Billing was educated at Stamford School.Dictionary of Organs and Organists. 1912 He studied organ with Haydn Keeton at Peterborough Cathedral and also James Edward Adkins.
He taught at the Bluecoat School in Stamford and became an authority on local history, writing "Jottings" in the Stamford Mercury.
Appointments
Organist of St Peter's Church, Southampton 1887 - 1890 Organist of St John's College, Lancashire 1890 - 1898 Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1898 - 1905 Organist of St Mary's Church, Ketton 1905 - 1907 Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1907 - 1918 Organist of St Martin's Church, Stamford 1919 - 1927
Compositions
He composed Slumber Song for Violin & PianoforteChappell & Co (1903) ASIN: B0000CT86D Vestry PrayersSkeffington & Son (1909) ASIN: B0000CT86E Your dear Face (song)Reynolds & Co (1915) ASIN: B0000CT86F Round About StamfordDolby Brothers (1921) ASIN: B0016MFJA2
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